Palau Demographics Profile 2009

Population

20,796 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 22.9% (male 2,458/female 2,314)
15-64 years: 70.8% (male 8,207/female 6,521)
65 years and over: 6.2% (male 401/female 895) (2009 est.)

Median age

total: 32.2 years
male: 32 years
female: 32.7 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

0.428% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

11.2 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

7.89 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

0.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 81% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.8% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.26 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.45 male(s)/female
total population: 1.14 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 13.14 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 14.83 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 71.22 years
male: 68.08 years
female: 74.54 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.82 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths

NA

Nationality

noun: Palauan(s)
adjective: Palauan

Ethnic groups

Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 69.9%, Filipino 15.3%, Chinese 4.9%, other Asian 2.4%, white 1.9%, Carolinian 1.4%, other Micronesian 1.1%, other or unspecified 3.2% (2000 census)

Religions

Roman Catholic 41.6%, Protestant 23.3%, Modekngei 8.8% (indigenous to Palau), Seventh-Day Adventist 5.3%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, Latter-Day Saints 0.6%, other 3.1%, unspecified or none 16.4% (2000 census)

Languages

Palauan 64.7% official in all islands except Sonsoral (Sonsoralese and English are official), Tobi (Tobi and English are official), and Angaur (Angaur, Japanese, and English are official), Filipino 13.5%, English 9.4%, Chinese 5.7%, Carolinian 1.5%, Japanese 1.5%, other Asian 2.3%, other languages 1.5% (2000 census)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92%
male: 93%
female: 90% (1980 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2000)

Education expenditures

10.3% of GDP (2002)